Blog
August 2, 2021
Building Materials Suisse (BMS) is Switzerland’s largest distributor of building materials for structural work and interior finishing and the most important national subsidiary of Building Materials Europe, which generates total sales of EUR 3.5 billion. BMS has over 120 locations and showrooms throughout Switzerland. Many of the brands under the BMS umbrella, such as Baubedarf, Richner, Gétaz, Miauton, and Regusci Reco, have made Swiss construction history and, thanks to their strong local roots and personal relationships with customers, have become an integral part of the Swiss construction industry.
Due to various company acquisitions by BMS and its consistent multi-brand strategy, a wide variety of online shops using different technologies emerged over time. With the declared goal of offering the majority of its product range online on a shared database, BMS decided to replace its historically grown IT infrastructure and various online shops with a modern, future-oriented e-commerce infrastructure and centralized product data management.
Automated product data onboarding is a strategic advantage, particularly in the construction industry, as the product range is extremely diverse and the products have numerous characteristics and interdependencies that must be carefully managed to ensure optimal customer advice and reliable interaction between products and building components.
In our latest success story, you can find out how Onedot supports BMS in its ambitious goals.